I know a lot of fascinating people. I know writers and editors, chefs and restaurateurs, celebrity personal assistants and a few well-connected people in the television industry, pilots and programmers, museum curators and fashion designers. Many of the fascinating people I know I knew Before Social Media (BSM)*, while many others I “know” I have…
The Mapping Sheets add-on in Google Drive is pretty darn cool.
Draft is a pretty cool writing tool.
President Barack Obama takes one last look at the crowd at his second inauguration.
In the wake of the passing of film critic Roger Ebert, I am, like many of Ebert’s admirers, revisiting some of his writings. I was particularly struck by this essay, All By Ourselves Alone, in which he discusses his travel rituals in cities like Venice and London. He opens the piece at a familiar Venetian cafe:…
Writing for the TBEX conference website, Pam Mandel answers the question, “Why blog?” Blog because you are teaching yourself to write – blogging’s time driven nature creates an excellent framework for homework. Blog because you are compelled to share your stories – blogging is perfect for that. Blog because you can’t not write – a blog is…
Before Midnight , the highly anticipated third film in Richard Linklater’s “Before” series, comes out this week. Will I go see it the night it comes out? Probably not. But that’s not because I don’t want to see it. Rather, it’s because I am at about the same stage of life as Celine and Jesse…
A quick look at The Shambling Guide to New York City by Mur Lafferty. Zoe, the protagonist, is a travel writer.
Does your community have a Little Free Library yet? These have been sprouting up around my county lately and I am really impressed with the concept. Take a book, add a book. It feels like finding lost treasure. The first LFL I saw was focused on children’s books, which was excellent because I was at…
